Yankee Batting Crown Leader
Gleyber Torres
.271
Yankee RBI Leader
Gleyber Torres
65
Yankee Home Run Leader
Aaron Judge
31
Two games today. On the line: 4th place in the AL East, and the 13th pick next June. The Tankathon...
Also at stake, personal achievements! Aaron Judge could hit number 62 - RBIs, that is. (Fun fact: He has 58.)
The Yankee historical legacy remains intact.
As always, our news media is fully prepared.
What a beautiful day for baseball. Let's play two!
Torres still has a chance at the triple crown and be the God of WAR!
ReplyDeleteAre the Yankees still playing baseball? I thought their season was over.
ReplyDeleteCan't they just go home and end this misery?
Yes, they will be home next Tuesday, Dick. :)
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ReplyDeleteI keep getting told by those who know more than me about baseball (which is basically everyone) that batting average doesn't matter but I notice Judge is heading for a sub.250 average
I don't think you need to be a soothsayer to predict he is going to need surgery on his toe despite the denials/lies of the front office and medical staff.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing (Scot) that they will delay the surgery until it's impossible for Judge to return by April. That way, they will have built-in excuses for failure in 2024 -- "we didn't have Judge until xxxx" and "we thought the Martian would be back by June, but he returned after Labor Day."
@ Scottish Yankee fan, Well, I've been a Yankee/baseball fan since 1981, and I think batting average certainly does matter. There is no one stat that tells you everything about a player, despite the nonsensical WAR thing. Every stat has its own nuances. That's why fans used the batting average/home runs/RBI trifecta for so long. Of course, there are limitations to that. Which is why they've also used runs scored, slugging percentage and OBP. More recently, OPS has come into vogue. People who tell you that batting average does not matter don't really understand statistics.
ReplyDeletePicture this, it's the 7th game of the World Series, 9th inning, bases loaded, you're losing by one run. You can have any player in baseball to pinch hit for you. Who do you choose? I'd go with Luis Arraez, who is hitting about .350, because I want a hit. I want contact. Looks like he's going to be the NL batting champion and with very few strikeouts.
The Montefiore Einstein Injury Report will take two innings to read...
ReplyDeleteAnd why indeed is Judge still playing in a season that is long over? Crazy. But I guess they want to squeeze every penny out of this season. If Judge is put on the I.L., nobody will watch, nobody will come to the remaining home games. It's disgusting that finance is driving every decision they make.
ReplyDeleteJudge should be put on the I.L. And they should start preparing him for next year. If it takes surgery, they better do it now, so he'll be ready come spring training.
Yeah, Judge is 5 for his last 31, 2 for his last 21, and has not homered or driven in a run since Sept. 2.
ReplyDeleteObviously, he is hurting, and there is no reason to keep playing him in this lost season...EXCEPT that I'm sure Brian Cashman, the Machiavelli of the Corner Office, would prefer NOT to have headlines saying that the Yanks' consecutive-winning-season streak has ended at 30.
Meanwhile, what's everyone think of King as a starter? Me, I don't like it. I think he's best suited to be the Yanks' new closer—if Cashie once again refuses to acquire a closer.
ReplyDeleteAnd not to open the old debate about stats again...oh, what the hell else do we have to jaw about on this sad wreck of a team? Sure, let's have at it.
ReplyDeleteSo, Torres' WAR is actually DOWN this year from last, dropping from 4.1 to 2.6.
Why? Well, in part it's his fielding. his DWAR has dropped from 1.4 to 0.0, probably because he has made 5 more errors at 2B, dropping his fielding pct. from .985 to .977. BUT...he also has 55 more total chances, already, than he did all of last year. Isn't range supposed to count?
Even more curious is that his batting WAR—OWAR—has also dropped...even though he already has more runs, hits, home runs, stolen bases than he did all last year, 41 fewer strikeouts, and his slash line has gone from .257/.310/.451/.761 to .271/.341/.461/.801.
About the only stat I can find that is worse than 2022 is his DPs—up from 12 to 18. So...six extra outs are enough to more than offset improvement in every other hitting category?
But hey, no questioning WAR!
War, huh, yeah
ReplyDeleteWhat is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, uhh
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y'all
War, huh (good God)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh
On a more general level, your New York Yankees are hitting .225/.302/.398/.700 as a team, and have scored 609 runs.
ReplyDeleteThe recently celebrated 1998 team (excluding pitchers) hit .289/.365/.462/.827, and scored 965 runs.
Granted that the players are different—still, how can this be progress?
It’s a systemic organizational failure for which there has been zero accountability or responsibility taken.
ReplyDeleteThey will basically run the same team back next year
NEWSDAY writing that boone will be back.
I can only hope people stop buying tix & merch.
War, huh, yeah
ReplyDeleteWhat is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, uhh
Every time I hear that song (which admittedly is not often) all I can see is...
Jackie Chan.
But it should be The Intern's walk song.
Chaim Bloom has been sacked by the MassMutual RedSox...
ReplyDelete@Hoss...but there's no more shift...we should have at least two players over .300...oh wait...
ReplyDeleteI always wondered why the Yanks didn't use Ichiro to pinch-hit with runners late in the game. He still could put the bat on the ball, especially compared to the rest of the team. Hell, he probably get a "clutch" single at a higher rate than anyone on THIS team.
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